Direct TV? CANNOT take Metrocast any longer...

[P-3 Guy]

Originally Posted by radar4401

Sorry to burst your bubble, but Directv first started off as a Hughes Aircraft spinoff. It was licensed in 1985 and started shortly thereafter. I don't know exactly when,but I paid a discounted price of about $500 to purchase a system. So 30 years is about right. You can google Directv history and see the dates yourself.

My bubble is still intact. You may have been paying for a satellite TV service before June, 1994, but if so whatever it was it wasn't called DirecTV. I was also an early DirecTV adopter. I watched the home equipment appear on retail shelves in 1994, and I purchased a system in December, 1996.


DirecTV (stylized as DIRECTV) is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider based in El Segundo, California and is a subsidiary of AT&T. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirecTV



Key Historical Dates

1990: Founded
1994: Launched Service
1995: One Millionth Customer
1999: PRIMESTAR and USSB Acquisitions
2001: Ten Millionth Customer
2003: News Corp. acquires 34% interest in DIRECTV
2005: 15 Millionth Customer
2006: 100% Ownership of DIRECTV Latin America acquired
2007: High definition revolution begins with more than 70 national HD channels*
2008: Liberty Media acquires 41% of The DIRECTV Group
2009: Became independent company through transaction with Liberty Media
2010: Became world’s largest pay-TV provider with more than 27.5 million customers
2011: Launched DIRECTV Everywhere service
2012: Launched Genie HD DVR
2014: First pay-TV provider to launch 4K content

https://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/conte...ompany_profile